burningman wrote:
I used to drive tow trucks too.
If I had that deal going and only a 1/2 ton rig I'd use it to go get it for sure.
As for doing any extensive traveling with it, it's a bad plan. Too much trailer and not enough truck.
It will tow it, but 1/2 tons lack the heavy duty drivetrain parts to survive tugging heavy weight up mountains and such. Your transmission is going to be badly overworked.
At bare minimum I'd install a trans temperature gauge and avoid cooking it.
I'm betting you don't have 4.10 gears. You'll want to shift down on the hills and rev it, and don't floor it.
If the trailer weight you posted is the manufacturer's claim - not an actual scale reading - add at least 1000 pounds to that number to get closer to reality.
I'm going to try to find a scale when I pick it up to see were I am really at with the weight my biggest concern is getting it out of NJ I grew up there and have hated the traffic I plan in avoiding any peak time I want to haul it towards Harrisburg to 81 then South to avoid DC but that route might be easier on the traffic but will have a lot more inclines to deal with, I guess I will have to drive 95 up to get it and see what I am going to have to deal with before deciding what route to take.i haven't travelled that part of I95 since 2002
